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I hope to find the perfect band as well, I really do, and I'm working very hard to find that band.

I actually knew I was going to be perfect for Def Leppard, sorry I hate to say that but I knew it.

I never practice my guitar. From time to time I just open the case & throw in a piece of raw meat.

People who join my organization are usually very cool at first, but they become troublesome later.

If I'm playing a violin thing, for instance, I tend to respond to that sound with the way I finger.

We became a really good gateway band for all the kids that went on to love My Chem or Fall Out Boy.

I have never been sexually aroused by a man. But I have yet to kiss Johnny Depp, so you never know.

If you could only play a record once, imagine the intensity you’d have to bring into the listening.

I still do a bit of this and a bit of that. Some brews and there's nothing wrong with a bud or two!

I have no ethics when it comes to art. You just do what you can to make it as beautiful as you can.

Meeting Perry Farrel was kind of cool. He's such an icon, and I was such a fan of Jane's Addiction.

I'm not committed to putting myself up for a blues guitarist, even though I love playing the blues.

It's easier to sit there and say you don't like feminists because they don't have a sense of humor.

We wanted a name that people would remember and get pissed off about. Nothing too deep, believe me.

Satriani's Law: There's at least a 30% chance that someone will print the name Satriani incorrectly

The bigger the show, the better I'd play. It was what I was waiting for, and I'd never get nervous.

Sometimes I wonder if I got lulled into not wanting things because I grew up black in this country.

If a guitar is too easy for me to play, it makes me too laid back. I like to battle with my guitar.

But I don't believe in organised politics, organised religion, organised music, organised anything.

My current project is my band, Population 1. We are writing, rehearsing and playing in Los Angeles.

Whenever we tell the truth, nobody believes us. We lie, and people take it as etched-in-stone fact.

Meanwhile after failing the bar twice, I knew some people in New York and moved here in August '71.

The BBC, during its 24 hours on the air, plays a very wide range of stuff. And it's not commercial.

The way I play, I go through a set in a year. So I put '58 Gibson Jumbo Bass frets on all my necks.

We have power not just with our voices, but we have economic power in what we do for a living, too.

There's not a country on earth that doesn't feel that it might be invaded by Donald Trump's regime.

The system under which we live is owned and operated by people who do not deserve to run the world.

I'm not the kind of guy who deserves to play a vintage guitar because I'm too rough on instruments.

... all of the great sounds that James Burton and Jimmy Bryant were getting, came out of Telecasters

A lot of people say, 'AC/DC - that's the band with the little guy who runs around in school shorts!'

Years ago when DNA was going on, I produced a record in Italy but I didn't think I'd do another one.

It's a phobia I have. I never assume I'm going to be able to write another album after I finish one.

If you hear something you like, and you're halfway like the public, chances are they'll like it too.

I thought of Gene Krupa's drumming, his staccato drumming. I went and put 'Misirlou' to that rhythm.

Fiscally, I'm very conservative. I don't believe in welfare states. I believe in giving people jobs.

Our job is to leave the world a little better than we found it. Not the same... not worse... better.

England is a profoundly bizarre place that has produced thousands of bands the world has worshipped.

Yes, we are fortunate because as a band we've always been on the up, always getting more successful.

One thing that you hope for when you want to be a musician is that you have that recognizable sound.

I can sing fine and I can play guitar fine, but put 'em together and it becomes a thoughtful effort.

When you think about where guitar playing is going today...: it's going everywhere at the same time.

I've just been reading about cycling. Yeah, I'm not that great at it but I like the challenge of it.

It's the best marriage of songs and production. But I have to say, I have an affinity for Bossanova.

I grew up listening to Barney Kessel and Wes Montgomery, Kenny Burrell, guys with blues backgrounds.

I write lyrics. I play the guitar. If the rest of the band had to do my schedule, they would be dead

You are free. Close your eyes. Open your mind. Let this music in, and you will see that this is true

That's kind of the nature of being in a progressive band - always trying new things, moving forward.

Serious musicians are finding it harder and harder to have a voice in the world of music these days.

.. you've got to be original, or there will be nothing distinctive or interesting about your playing

This kid's excited because he's with Bad Company and I'm excited because I'm with Chuck Berrys' son.

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